Audio from woman at the centre of Sydney Swans hotel scandal reportedly passed on to AFL’s integrity unit

The Sydney Swans have reportedly given the AFL’s integrity unit audio of a conversation between the three women at the centre of the Swans hotel scandal.

The audio is understood to have been recorded after the three women departed the Pullman Hotel in Melbourne in the early hours of Monday morning, following the Swans’ win over Essendon at the MCG.

Swans players Chad Warner, Nick Blakey, James Jordon, Riley Bice and Isaac Heeney have been stood down for the remainder of the AFL season as police continue to investigate the alleged sexual assault.

On Saturday, new details reported by 3AW Melbourne, claimed the Swans have been made aware of the audio, with the club passing it onto the AFL’s integrity unit to investigation.

“Fresh information emerged yesterday morning. It was conveyed to the Swans, it hasn’t been confirmed, but the Sydney Swans have been contacted by a connection to one of the three women that are involved in these allegations,” reporter Caroline Wilson told 3AW Melbourne .

Ms Wilson continued: “One of their connections has contacted the club claiming to have audio of the women speaking together after they returned home from the Pullman Hotel.

“Just a conversation about where they might take this, what they might report to police and where this might end for them.

“This information, or this particular connection, his details have been passed on to the AFL’s integrity unit and my understanding is from there the integrity unit...that might be passed on to police, who we know were up in Sydney yesterday.

“Melbourne detectives interviewed Sydney staff, not the players involved.

“Sydney are aware of it. Sydney believe it could exist and they have passed the contact number of one of the connections involved onto the AFL’s integrity unit.

“Sydney make it quite clear that none of this exonerates the players from what they did. Their futures remain clouded.”

It is believed the audio was recorded by a third party and it is not yet known if the women have knowledge of it.

It comes as the Sydney Swans are set to take on North Melbourne at the SCG on Sunday afternoon (3.20pm AWST), in the club’s final home game of the season. The Swans AFLW team taking the field at 12.30pm AEST.

Supporters of the club were considering walking out, with the scandal leaving supporters divided over whether they can bring themselves to stay for the men’s match.